What:   Albuquerque Poet Laureate Announcement

When:  Saturday, April 14th at 11:00 AM

Where:  Downtown Library Auditorium

Cost:  Free

Albuquerque joins the ranks of Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Milwaukee, WI; Birmingham, AL; Tacoma WA; and other cities by naming its first city-wide Poet Laureate on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at 11 a.m. the Downtown Public Library.   The announcement will include a short reading by Joan Logghe, Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate, and Levi Romero, New Mexico’s Centennial Poet, as well as a longer reading by the new Poet Laureate.  

The Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program (APLP) celebrates poetry by offering a resident poet who makes meaningful connections, honors and serves our diverse community, elevates the importance of the art form, and shares poetry with Albuquerque residents.  Over the course of a year, the Organizing Committee (OC) has created and steered a process involving interested community members (the Selection Committee) as they sorted through applications from interested applicants and selected the Poet Laureate.  

For more information about the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program please visit the website:

www.abqpoetlaureate.org or contact Don McIver at dbodinem@gmail.com

Thanks,

Don McIver